Astronomy:Saturn LXII
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Short description: Moon of Saturn
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Sheppard et al. |
Discovery date | 2019 |
Designations | |
S/2004 S 32 S64472[2] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
21564200 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.262 |
Orbital period | −1175.3 days |
Inclination | 158.5° |
Satellite of | Saturn |
Group | Norse group? |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 4+50% −30% km |
Apparent magnitude | 25.0 |
Saturn LXII, provisionally known as S/2004 S 32, is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 8, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and January 19, 2007.[3] It was given its permanent designation in August 2021.[4]
Saturn LXII is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Saturn at an average distance of 21.214 Gm in 1153.96 days, at an inclination of 159° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.251.[3]
References
- ↑ Discovery Circumstances from JPL
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Saturn, Carnegie Science, on line
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "MPEC 2019-T154 : S/2004 S 32". https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K19/K19TF4.html. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ↑ "M.P.C. 133821". International Astronomical Union. 10 August 2021. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2021/MPC_20210810.pdf.